'Crew celebrating Diwali festival at sea', R.I.M.S. Dufferin, 1919

Photograph compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Joseph Paterson, 34th Sikh Pioneers, 1919. From an album page captioned 'Southampton to Bombay Sept 29th Oct 25th 1919'.

A photograph taken on board the Royal Indian Marine Ship Dufferin sailing from Southampton to Bombay in 1919. Named after Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1826-1902), 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1884-1888, the RIMS Dufferin was built in 1904 and served as a troopship until 1925. In 1927 the Dufferin became a training ship for the Indian Merchant Navy. The ship remained as a training vessel with the Indian Navy after Partition in 1947. She was finally scrapped in 1976.

From an album compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Joseph Paterson, 34th Sikh Pioneers, 1901-1937.